THE CASE OF THE DARK HERO
by Cheyney, Peter
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair To Good
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Avon Books, 1956. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Fair To Good. Vintage paperback, Avon 734; one of Cheyney's World War II spy novels, this one featuring a Chicago gangster recruited for a suicide mission in Nazi Germany in 1945; reprints Avon 123; text is clean, tight, square, age-tanned in considerably worn but whole pictorial wrappers showing ballpoint initials "HR" on lower left corner of front cover, creasing, bumped corners and light soiling. More scarce than earlier edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002225
- Title
- THE CASE OF THE DARK HERO
- Author
- Cheyney, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair To Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First Edition Thus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Avon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- SPY, SUSPENSE, THRILLER, VINTAGE PAPERBACK, WORLD WAR II, GERMANY, 1945
- Bookseller catalogs
- Spy; War; Vintage Paperback;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...